ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Bayer, a weather meteorologist assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, performs early morning weather checks measuring winds, temperature, dew point and pressure with a handheld Kestrel Nov. 14. Sergeant Bayer has been a vital piece to providing daily weather reports for the 1st Battalion, 228th Regiment during a deployment to El Salvador in order to help them stabilize the region from a recent mudslide. Since Nov. 11 JTF-Bravo has distributed more than 172,700 pounds of supplies (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Craig Lewis, 4th Operations Support Squadron meteorological technician, looks at a developing low pressure system over Texas and Louisiana that could cause a high pressure system to settle over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept 3, 2009. The high pressure system would bring slightly warmer temperatures and little cloud cover. Mr. Lewis retired from meteorology with the Air Force in 1991 as a Master Sgt. and continues to forecast here as a Department of Defense civilian. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rae Perry)

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Tech. Sgt. Casey Grim, a reservist with the 5th Operational Weather Flight, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jorge Castillo, an aerographer’s mate second class from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., both serve together at the 28th Operational Weather Squadron here as Joint Operational Area Forecasters. The combined 28th OWS team provides weather products for all branches of the U.S. military and our coalition partners in the U.S. Central Command's AOR, covering 20 countries spanning 5,000 square miles on two continents. (Photo by Ryan Hansen)

From left to right, Staff Sgt. Nick Case, Capt. Alicia Hughes, Capt. Randy Haeberle and Staff Sgt. Andrew Porden of the 14th Weather Squadron’s Special Ceremonies Team present the colors at a Hope for Wounded Warriors event featuring former Kansas senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole. The SCT serves as both the color guard and honor guard for an area covering almost 20,000 square miles in the Western Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee.

From left to right, Staff Sgt. Nick Case, Maj. Dan Wunder, Staff Sgt. Andrew Porden and Tech. Sgt. Rob Hubler of the 14th Weather Squadron’s Special Ceremonies Team present the colors before a NASCAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The SCT serves as both the color guard and honor guard for an area covering almost 20,000 square miles in the Western Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee.

Air Force Reservist Lt. Col. Rich Harter, Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron located at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., continuously monitors weather data on a WC-130J during a flight through Hurricane Bill Aug. 22. The 53rd WRS "Hurricane Hunters" provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the central Pacific Ocean for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Tanya King)

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq ? Air Force Tech. Sgt. Terry Hutton, weather system support cadre team lead, and Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Jamison, weather system support cadre technician, set-up a tactical meteorological weather equipment here July 30, 2009. Both Airmen are responsible for maintaining and repairing 30 of these systems throughout Iraq. The equipment, also known as TMQ-53, is used to obtain pressure, wind speed and direction, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, precipitation, surface visibility, cloud height and lightning detection. Sergeant Hutton is deployed from Hurlburt Field Air Force Base, Fla., and is a native of Enid, Okla. Airman Jamison is also deployed from Hurlburt Field AFB and is a native of Troy, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny L. Saldivar/Released)